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• Aaltje Klasina Nieuwenhuis, Voorst († 2009)
• Catharina Verwiel, ,, Schiedam, Nederland († 1994)
• Aaltje van ANTWERPEN, Sommelsdijk (Middelharnis), NL-ZH († 1967)
• christiaan sjouwerman († 1976)
• Berdinus van Arkel, Tiel († 2006)
• Bayard Taylor Templeton, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, Verenigde Staten († 1987)
• Cornelia Noorlander, Papendrecht († 1989)
• Albert Jans KOENS, Bellingwolde Groningen Netherlands († 1990)
• Aaltje van ANTWERPEN Jdr, Sommelsdijk, Goeree-Overflakkee, NL-ZH († 1967)
• Antonie Keijzer, De Lier († 1983)

• Jan Daniel Van Der Sleen (20), Hoogeveen
• Aalbert Biesbroek (67), Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aalbert Biesbroek (67), Zwijndrecht
• Catharina Jacoba Mesu (24), Nieuw en Sint Joosland
• Antonius Willebrordus Geerligs (69), Gendringen
• Adriana Huberta Klundert van de (24), Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Carolus Ludovicus Moens - d'Ours (54), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
• Anne Catherine BRUYLANTS (87), Liège, 62063, Liege, Belgique
• Antonius Josephus Hubertus Mooren (69), Blerick, LI.NL
• Arnoldine Wilhelmina van Harencarspel (76), 's Gravenhage

• 1913 » Rafael Gil, Spanish director and screenwriter († 1986)
• 1914 » Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat († 2010)
• 1914 » Sun Ra, American pianist, composer, bandleader, poet († 1993)
• 1917 » George Aratani, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1917 » Jean-Louis Curtis, French author († 1995)
• 1919 » Paul Vanden Boeynants, Belgian businessman and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Belgium († 2001)
• 1920 » Thomas Gold, Austrian-American astrophysicist and academic († 2004)
• 1921 » George S. Hammond, American scientist († 2005)
• 1922 » Quinn Martin, American screenwriter and producer († 1987)
• 1924 » Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer-songwriter and actor († 2018)

• 1885 » Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1802)
• 1901 » Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American anarchist, assassin of Umberto I of Italy (b. 1869)
• 1910 » Jules Renard, French author and playwright (b. 1864)
• 1932 » Augusta, Lady Gregory, Anglo-Irish activist, landlord, and playwright, co-founded the Abbey Theatre (b. 1852)
• 1933 » Tsengeltiin Jigjidjav, Mongolian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1894)
• 1938 » William Glackens, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Ernst Toller, German playwright and author (b. 1893)
• 1939 » Jiří Mahen, Czech author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Christopher Stone, English radio host (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Gerrit
8. Petrus
9. Jacob
10. Jacobus
11. Adrianus
12. Gerardus
13. Hendrikus
14. Wilhelmus
15. Albert
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Adriana
9. Catharina
10. Petronella
11. Grietje
12. Jacoba
13. Aaltje
14. Helena
15. Geertruida
16. Alida

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
• January 15 » Great Molasses Flood: A wave of molasses released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through Boston, Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
• June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
• June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
• July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
• December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
• December 23 » Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 becomes law in the United Kingdom.

The temperature on May 22, 1919 was between 8.2 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.